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‫اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج َو َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﱪُو َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ َﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ِدئَ‬

‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ﱡي أَ ْﺣ َﺪا ٍث ُﻣ ْﺆ ِﺳ َﻔ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻪ إِ َﱃ ﻧﻴﻮﻳﻮرك — َو َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬
                               ‫ﻓﻴﻜﺲ — ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِد َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ‪.‬‬

‫َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر‪ ،‬ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْ َﻌﺒُﻮ َن ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم؛ َﻓ ِﻌﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱡﻠﻮا ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر َﻛﺎ َن‬
‫اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ُم َﻗ ْﺪ َﺣ ﱠﻞ‪َ ،‬و ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرُ ِﻟﻴُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪو ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓﺬَ ِة‪َ .‬ﺷ ﱠﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ‬
‫ُﻣ ْ ِﴪ ًﻋﺎ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ﻛﺎﻟﻴﻔﻮرﻧﻴَﺎ‪َ ،‬و ُﻣ ُﺮو ًرا ِﺑﺴﺎﻛﺮاﻣﻨﺘﻮ‪ ،‬ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﱪُ ِﺧ َﻼ َل ِﺟﺒَﺎ ِل ﺳﻴيراﻧﻴﻔﺎدا‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ‬
‫ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡﻒ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِت‪َ ،‬واﻟ ﱡﺪ َﺧﺎ ُن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَﺘَ َﺼﺎ َﻋ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ﻳَﺘَ َﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ‬

                                                          ‫ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ َﻤ ِﺔ‪.‬‬
‫َو ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻓ َﻄﺎ ِر‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ا ْﻷَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ُﺔ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﺪ ُﻗﻮ َن‬
‫َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓ َﺬ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻇ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺒﻴ ِﻌﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠﻼﺑَ ِﺔ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ُل ﺗَ ْﺼ َﻄ ﱡﻒ ِﰲ ا ْﻷُ ُﻓ ِﻖ‬
‫ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َو َرا َء ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮو ِج‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ َو ْﻗ ٌﺖ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻋﺎ َد ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ َﺪ ﱢو ُن ُﻣ َﻼ َﺣ َﻈﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﰲ َد ْﻓ َ ِﱰ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎ ِت‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪوﺋِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌﺘَﺎ ِد َﻃ َﻮا َل اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺪاءِ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًة‪َ ،‬د َﺧ َﻞ َﻗ ِﻄﻴ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ُﻣﻮ ِس‬
‫َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِر َﺧ ﱢﻂ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َواﻧْﺘَ َﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ ِﺑ َﺼ ْ ٍﱪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻋ َﱪَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ‪،‬‬
‫َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺠﻠُﻮ َس َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ َﻋ َﺮﺑَﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ َوذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ‬

                                    ‫ﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎ َء ُل ِﻟ َﻤﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِ ِﻹﺑْ َﻌﺎ ِد ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ!‬
‫َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِء ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ َﱪُوا إِ َﱃ ِو َﻻﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳﻮﺗﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ‬

      ‫َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﺳﻮﻟﺖ ﻟﻴﻚ ﺳﻴﺘﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَى‪َ ،‬ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻗﺒَﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤﻮرﻣﻮن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻮ ِﻃ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ َﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َد ِة ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺧ َﻄﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج‬
‫ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻨْ َﺸﺎ ِق ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْ ِﻌ ِﺶ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺴﺎ ُﻗ ُﻂ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻤ ُﺲ َﺳﺎ ِﻃ َﻌ ًﺔ‬
‫َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ .‬أَ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺰا ِر ِع َوا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻘﻮ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﻨْ ُﻤﻮ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ َﻣ َﺤﺎ ِﺻﻴ ُﻞ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻤ ِﺢ َواﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻮا ِﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎ ِﺳﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَ ْر ُض ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻄﺎ ًة ِﺑ َﻄﺒَ َﻘ ٍﺔ َر ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ٍﺔ‬

 ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِج‪َ .‬ﻣ ﱠﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِذ َرا َﻋﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻷَ ْﻋ َﲆ َﻓ ْﻮ َق َرأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ٌﺪ ُﻣ ِﺜيرٌ ِﻟ ِﻼ ْﻫ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ ِم‪«.‬‬
‫َو ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬيرَ ِة‪ ،‬ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ِﰲ َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ أوﺟﺪن‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِر أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد َر ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا‬
‫ِﰲ ُﻏ ُﻀﻮ ِن ِﺳ ﱢﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت؛ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ أَﺗَﺎ َح ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺻ َﺔ ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸﺎ ِف َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﺳﻮﻟﺖ ﻟﻴﻚ‬

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